Automated Systems for Manufacturing Patient-Specific Orthopedic Implants and Instrumentation

Abstract

Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for the automated design and manufacture of patient-specific/patient-matched orthopedic implants. While the embodiments described herein specifically pertain to unicompartmental resurfacing implants for the knee, the principles described are applicable to other types of knee implants (including, without limitation, other resurfacing implants and joint replacement implants) as well as implants for other joints and other patient-specific orthopedic applications.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application 61 / 208,440, filed Feb. 24, 2009, entitled “Automated Systems for Manufacturing Patient-Specific Orthopedic Implants and Instrumentation.”[0002]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application 61 / 208,444, filed Feb. 24, 2009, entitled “Automated Systems for Manufacturing Patient-Specific Orthopedic Implants and Instrumentation.”[0003]This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application No. U.S. Ser. No. 11 / 671,745, filed Feb. 6, 2007, entitled “Patient Selectable Joint Arthroplasty Devices and Surgical Tools”, which in turn claims the benefit of U.S. Ser. No. 60 / 765,592 entitled “Surgical Tools for Performing Joint Arthroplasty” filed Feb. 6, 2006; U.S. Ser. No. 60 / 785,168, entitled “Surgical Tools for Performing Joint Arthroplasty” filed Mar. 23, 2006; and U.S. Ser. No. 60 / 788,339, entitled “Surgical Tools for Performing Joint Arthroplasty” filed Ma...

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